George Floyd's Death, Protests and Riots across the US
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I’m no expert but a lot of this just looks like fluff to me. Bunch of kids with toys playing pretend. They were escorted by police right?
I mean their gear all looks like cheap stuff from amazon bought in mass last Wednesday. They probably all have amazon prime!
Also I see many of them don’t even know how to handle their weapons.
And some of the firepower they are supposedly carrying, is way to expensive and rare for it to be real. Most of it is probably airsoft guns. Airsoft can look very real now. Especially if you remove the orange tagging.
To me this just looks like fake propaganda to create fear in the “opposing” side. As we know the other side is much more invested in this coming war, both in hardware and with discipline.
Heather
Dagobah Resident
Also: President Trump's Mount Rushmore speech indicates that none of this is business as usual. He characterizes this as a war -- not a "culture war," as the NY Times is [seditiously] calling it to try to cover their own complicity -- but a "real" war on American soil.
Thanks to this thread, I saw the Black Panther/BLM militia footage last night, and felt fairly horrified. Then I read the article on Chris Hill and the Three Percenters, in which Hill claims to be against violence (to the degree that it can be avoided), but believes a civil war is on the horizon. “We are a constitutional militia recognized by the Second Amendment," Hill says of the Three Percenters. Having read that article, I realized that the BLM militia are no doubt also operating within their constitutional rights.
(I feel I need to take another look at the Second Amendment, and at how knowledgeable people discuss its application. I think it would also be good to start looking up the specific gun laws in effect in the various states. I just checked out New York's yesterday.)
But assuming BLM is operating within its constitutional rights, what comes up again and again in all this is the [seditious] complicity of the New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN & other MSM outlets. And since they know their most powerful weapon is propaganda, they also know that equally powerful is the suppression of reportage having to do with potentially threatening new developments.
If, as Trump seems to be indicating is likely to happen, this [so far] covert war comes into full view for all to see -- especially if it can be exposed that islamist militants and/or China are backing the insurgents -- all these news outlets should be [although that doesn't necessarily mean they will be] on the chopping block as aiding and abetting treasonous, seditious acts.
I'm really just thinking out loud here, but this is what was on my mind after waking up this morning.
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One of the I-5 protesters hit by the car has died:
Black Lives Matter
A protestor has died after being hit by speeding car during BLM protest in Seattle
Summer Taylor, 24, and their friend, Diaz Love, were hit by a car at high speed during a Black Lives Matter protest on Seattle's Interstate 5. The road had been closed to drivers to allow the demonstration to take place. A man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Photo via @ErikLacitis
Summer Taylor, one of two demonstrators who was struck by a car while protesting in Seattle, has died. The second protester, Diaz Love, remains in serious condition.
Unable to post twitter that above came from - here's the link:
Black Lives Matter
A protestor has died after being hit by speeding car during BLM protest in Seattle
Summer Taylor, 24, and their friend, Diaz Love, were hit by a car at high speed during a Black Lives Matter protest on Seattle's Interstate 5. The road had been closed to drivers to allow the demonstration to take place. A man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Photo via @ErikLacitis
Summer Taylor, one of two demonstrators who was struck by a car while protesting in Seattle, has died. The second protester, Diaz Love, remains in serious condition.
Unable to post twitter that above came from - here's the link:
Nucifera
Dagobah Resident
Those were called "quick-kill" targets where/when I trained. However, we did something quite different: we shot semi-auto.
The quick-kill targets would pop up only for a moment and in different places. I loved that exercise — would hit every single one of 'em. It should take only one round per target, and usually there wasn't time to take two. Miss and you lose — no time to sight, adopt a stance, or anything. Most of my platoon was fairly proficient at that.
Of course we also trained on full auto, but not on quick-kill. Besides stance, breathing, etc., zeroing the sights and understanding how it all works and how to compensate can't be over-emphasized, especially on semi. A lot seems to go out the window on full-auto.
Nucifera
Dagobah Resident
The comments are brutal.
Nucifera
Dagobah Resident
There are rumors that those could be very real, and perhaps fully-automatic. If not those in that tweet, within other parts of the organization. Without some significant training, just put a fence around them and the problem will resolve itself.I’m no expert but a lot of this just looks like fluff to me. Bunch of kids with toys playing pretend. They were escorted by police right?
I mean their gear all looks like cheap stuff from amazon bought in mass last Wednesday. They probably all have amazon prime!
Also I see many of them don’t even know how to handle their weapons.
And some of the firepower they are supposedly carrying, is way to expensive and rare for it to be real. Most of it is probably airsoft guns. Airsoft can look very real now. Especially if you remove the orange tagging.
To me this just looks like fake propaganda to create fear in the “opposing” side. As we know the other side is much more invested in this coming war, both in hardware and with discipline.
Debra
The Living Force
One of the I-5 protesters hit by the car has died:
Black Lives Matter
A protestor has died after being hit by speeding car during BLM protest in Seattle
Summer Taylor, 24, and their friend, Diaz Love, were hit by a car at high speed during a Black Lives Matter protest on Seattle's Interstate 5. The road had been closed to drivers to allow the demonstration to take place. A man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Photo via @ErikLacitis
Summer Taylor, one of two demonstrators who was struck by a car while protesting in Seattle, has died. The second protester, Diaz Love, remains in serious condition.
Unable to post twitter that above came from - here's the link:
Looking at the tweeted items, this caught my attention.
Did Diaz Love disregard her "Instinctive flashes" of fear, to participate in this dangerous and, in my opinion, very stupid protest?
Is this an anecdotal example perhaps of making a choice of Realities?
These are said to be pictures of the man who was driving the car that hit the two young ladies:
More on injured I-5 protester Diaz Love [Debra just posted re this also]:
Link in previous post has wspd and Seattle mayor's comments.
Washington State Patrol will no longer allow protesters onto Interstate 5, after a driver plowed into a nightly demonstration on the closed roadway, seriously injuring two people early Saturday.
Just spoke to
@wastatepatrol
Capt. Ron Mead, who will no longer shut down I-5 near Seattle in response to protesters. When asked if troopers will arrest people who enter the roadway, he said they've been instructed to enforce the law.
Last week, Chief John Batiste wrote, "With no effective way of stopping large crowds from entering its lengthy borders, temporarily shutting the roadway is our best measure." That's what WSP had been doing for 19 nights straight.
The shift in strategy comes after a driver entered the closed interstate and plowed into two protesters this morning, seriously injuring them. Re: criticism that this will punish protesters, who were victims, Mead said the change is to keep them safe.
The arrested driver:
AP names Dawit Kelete as the suspect in the vehicular assaults this morning on the freeway. I haven't seen police confirm but a Kelete was booked this morning on two counts of vehicular assault.
The driver's motive is not clear. From WSP's probable-cause document, which outlines their case against the suspect: “The driver was reserved and appeared sullen throughout his time in custody. At one point he asked if the injured pedestrians were okay.”
Allowing these protesters to flaunt the law has resulted in death to their own and to others who involved themselves foolishly or otherwise. Likely these deaths will do more to harm to their cause than probably anything else.
Link in previous post has wspd and Seattle mayor's comments.
Washington State Patrol will no longer allow protesters onto Interstate 5, after a driver plowed into a nightly demonstration on the closed roadway, seriously injuring two people early Saturday.
Just spoke to
@wastatepatrol
Capt. Ron Mead, who will no longer shut down I-5 near Seattle in response to protesters. When asked if troopers will arrest people who enter the roadway, he said they've been instructed to enforce the law.
Last week, Chief John Batiste wrote, "With no effective way of stopping large crowds from entering its lengthy borders, temporarily shutting the roadway is our best measure." That's what WSP had been doing for 19 nights straight.
The shift in strategy comes after a driver entered the closed interstate and plowed into two protesters this morning, seriously injuring them. Re: criticism that this will punish protesters, who were victims, Mead said the change is to keep them safe.
The arrested driver:
AP names Dawit Kelete as the suspect in the vehicular assaults this morning on the freeway. I haven't seen police confirm but a Kelete was booked this morning on two counts of vehicular assault.
The driver's motive is not clear. From WSP's probable-cause document, which outlines their case against the suspect: “The driver was reserved and appeared sullen throughout his time in custody. At one point he asked if the injured pedestrians were okay.”
Allowing these protesters to flaunt the law has resulted in death to their own and to others who involved themselves foolishly or otherwise. Likely these deaths will do more to harm to their cause than probably anything else.
Very sad. But an excellent example of not heeding/overriding the warning of her inner guidance system. Maybe some will learn from this.More on injured I-5 protester Diaz Love [Debra just posted re this also]:
Link in previous post has wspd and Seattle mayor's comments.
Washington State Patrol will no longer allow protesters onto Interstate 5, after a driver plowed into a nightly demonstration on the closed roadway, seriously injuring two people early Saturday.
Just spoke to
@wastatepatrol
Capt. Ron Mead, who will no longer shut down I-5 near Seattle in response to protesters. When asked if troopers will arrest people who enter the roadway, he said they've been instructed to enforce the law.
Last week, Chief John Batiste wrote, "With no effective way of stopping large crowds from entering its lengthy borders, temporarily shutting the roadway is our best measure." That's what WSP had been doing for 19 nights straight.
The shift in strategy comes after a driver entered the closed interstate and plowed into two protesters this morning, seriously injuring them. Re: criticism that this will punish protesters, who were victims, Mead said the change is to keep them safe.
The arrested driver:
AP names Dawit Kelete as the suspect in the vehicular assaults this morning on the freeway. I haven't seen police confirm but a Kelete was booked this morning on two counts of vehicular assault.
The driver's motive is not clear. From WSP's probable-cause document, which outlines their case against the suspect: “The driver was reserved and appeared sullen throughout his time in custody. At one point he asked if the injured pedestrians were okay.”
Allowing these protesters to flaunt the law has resulted in death to their own and to others who involved themselves foolishly or otherwise. Likely these deaths will do more to harm to their cause than probably anything else.
SO the victims turned out to be “privileged” white children (with pink hair), protesting black rights? All the while creating the condition where a black man now might have his freedom taken away because of their stupidity? This would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic!
Matthew
Jedi Master
No worries, I assumed as much. It was hilarious nonetheless.
Besides I suppose sometimes I can be like an enema with my viewpoints!
And thanks for the advice, I agree with you on your nonjudgmental approach.
After our discussion yesterday I was reminded of something Laura experienced years ago which she talks about in her Wave books when she had a night of deep emotional release. She saw and felt all of her past lives with all the horrible things that happened to other people and what she did that was part of that. She said that after that she could never in all conscience judge another person because of all the horrible acts she had committed herself in other lives. I think that that is a very wise approach to take.
I only consciously know of three of my 'past lives' and in one of those, I was very fond of drinking and getting into fights. Who knows what else I have done in other lives?! I could have expressed unutterable evil in some of them for all I know. So how can I judge another for their choices? It would be interesting to know about my past lives but knowledge of them is generally kept from us as part of the reincarnation process so that we don't get distracted by them and live the life that we are currently in. That is how it has been explained to me anyway. Given the above, I think that this is probably a sensible precaution for who could live with the conscious knowledge of all the evil they have perpetrated in past lives? Life is hard enough as it is without that!
I think that we are of the same mind now so I mention this purely because I think it is relevant to our conversation yesterday and I felt the need to express it
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Nucifera
Dagobah Resident
I'm truly sad that she, or anybody, was injured or killed. However, it shouldn't require an inner guidance system to know that partying on the freeway, in black, at night, might not be the most enlightened thing to do.
"It was later announced that Summer Taylor had died from their injuries"
Apparently a full-fledged SJW. It would seem, though, that the driver purposely went around police barricades to get onto the blocked section of I-5. Based on this - “The driver was reserved and appeared sullen throughout his time in custody. At one point he asked if the injured pedestrians were okay.” - one wonders what was going on with him or even if he was a Greenbaum going off? As previously mentioned, the fall-out from this could have been on par with the Floyd incident had the driver been white instead of black.
Oh man, can you imagine the dimension where it was a white guy and two young black girls?
